KOSPI: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: +42.6% · 4th of 30 years
KOSPI is up 42.6% in 2026 as of Oct 14: 4th of 30 years at this point since 1997. In the median year it was up 3.1% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
KOSPI: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 14) | +42.6% |
| 2025 | +75.6% |
| 2024 | −9.6% |
| 2023 | +18.7% |
| 2022 | −24.9% |
| 2021 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | +30.8% |
| 2019 | +7.7% |
| 2018 | −17.3% |
| 2017 | +21.8% |
| 2016 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | −4.8% |
| 2013 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | +9.4% |
| 2011 | −11.0% |
| 2010 | +21.9% |
| 2009 | +49.6% |
| 2008 | −40.7% |
| 2007 | +32.3% |
| 2006 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | +54.0% |
| 2004 | +10.5% |
| 2003 | +29.2% |
| 2002 | −9.5% |
| 2001 | +37.5% |
| 2000 | −50.9% |
| 1999 | +82.8% |
| 1998 | +49.9% |
| 1997 | −42.4% |
| 1996 (since Dec 11) | −7.6% |